At Yoga Ghar, the teacher training is based on the traditional Indian Gurukul style of teaching yoga. You will learn with your teachers and a modest-sized group of other teacher trainees for a personal, profound experience in receiving the knowledge of the classical yoga teachings. The transformation you’ll experience for yourself will form the heart of what you have to teach others.

The unique East-Meets-West perspectives and knowledge of Lead Trainers Rahul and Tamara will give you a solid base of Yoga learning from the Indian and Western viewpoints. The teaching is well-rounded, giving you a broad scope of the holistic Yoga practices. You will emerge confident and able to guide yourself and your students to health and happiness physically, mentally and spiritually. 100% of our Yoga Teacher Training students have gone on to become Yoga Teachers after graduation and 33% have opened their own Yoga spaces.

“Yoga Ghar’s YTT has truly changed my life. At the time I was traveling in Australia and I was inspired through personal experience to find a teacher training to take when I arrived back home. Through total intuition without even meeting Tamara or Rahul I signed up for the YTT. I could feel her energy speaking directly to me and I felt a strong pull to take the training here. I was also drawn to the fact that is was a Classical Hatha Yoga training. The training exceeded my expectations and I graduated feeling confident to teach anyone and anywhere. I would recommend this training to anyone who is looking to become a teacher or even just deepen their own practice. – Amanda Welton

Your Lead Trainers

You will be in exceptional hands with your course trainers. Tamara Verma brings you her comprehensive knowledge and experience as a Yoga Teacher Trainer in India and Canada for the highly-regarded International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Organization. She has transformed countless lives through Yoga over the past 20 years, including her own. An inspiration on the mat and off, she holds the highest level of certification available from Yoga Alliance, including Prenatal and Kids Yoga certification.

Rahul Verma is a Yoga Teacher born and raised in Delhi, India and Yoga has been integrated into his life since childhood. As such, he provides some rare insights into the nature, history and breadth of Yoga practices as they are maintained in India. He also brings the knowledge acquired at the bustling Hot Yoga studio run by himself and his brothers in Toronto, Canada.

Course Curriculum (in brief)

– Classical Hatha Yoga Asanas and Sun Salutations – Learn the benefits, correct alignment, counter-indications, proper cueing, correct pronunciations of Sanskrit names, variations for all body types and abilities, and how to safely and effectively adjust students toward their potential.

– Pranayama (breathing exercises)

– Deep relaxation techniques

– Ample opportunities to teach what you’ve learned – starting from the beginning of the course, through to the end

– Mantras and Kirtan

– Meditation

– Basic knowledge for teaching Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga

– Basic knowledge for teaching Kids Yoga

– Kriyas (purification exercises)

– Yoga anatomy and physiology

– Energetic systems (nadis, chakras, kundalini)

– Indian philosophy and concepts of the nature of the universe (Vedanta, Samkhya)

– Yogic diet and intro to Ayurveda

– Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita

– Intro to the 4 paths of yoga (Raja, Jnana, Bhakti, Karma)

– History of Yoga

– Business of Yoga

– Class Management, Personal Presentation and Teaching Techniques

– And so much more – including your own personal transformation and empowerment!

Guru Lineage

We are informed by an ancient unbroken lineage, a chain of Gurus in The Advaita Vedanta tradition of Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

Dakshinamurti is the first Guru of this tradition, with Sage Sri Veda Vyasa and Sri Adi Sankaracharya as great links taking this lineage through to the branch containing Sri Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India and His disciples Sri Swami Vishnudevananda (International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Organization), Sri Swami Chidananda (Divine Life Society) and Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati (Bihar School of Yoga), the Gurus who brought this knowledge to the present day and made it accessible to modern people.

Languages

English, Hindi

Schedule:

“It was astounding to realize how much knowledge we attained! Our lead teachers, Tamara and Rahul are exceptional! I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the course and would highly recommend their studio, Yoga Ghar, as an outstanding school of yoga and place to practice. I am so grateful that I took my yoga teacher training at this school!” – Erin O’Neill

For more information, please contact Tamara at yogaghar@gmail.com or 905-719-5237.

About Yoga Ghar

We offer a warm, welcoming space to learn and practice all aspects of Yoga. Whether you're a complete beginner or are looking to deepen your personal growth in our Yoga Teacher Training, you'll be in excellent hands. You'll enjoy a semi-private yoga experience every time, with ample room to stretch out alongside a maximum of 8 other students.